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A retrospective of the architect and designer Tom Barber, curated by Aline Charney Barber.
Geometry of Thinking animates the Walter Burley Griffin designed Incinerator Art Space to become a showcase for the experience of the tensegrity structures and furniture designed by the late Australian architect, designer, and mathematician Tom Barber. His Fermatspace furniture series utilises the system of tensegrity; employing tension to enable structural strength while it appears that ‘nothing touches’. The exhibition also includes his tensegrity design books, drawings, and animations. The exhibition positions Tom within politically, scientifically and environmentally motivated art and design movements stemming from the 1970s, and highlighting his ongoing influence and legacy.
Image: Tom Barber, Tetras Spider (detail), 2010, 3D AutoCAD drawing
Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street, Willoughby, 2068, View Map
2 Small Street , Willoughby 2068
Tom Barber, "Tetras Spider" (detail), 2010, 3D AutoCAD drawing
Tom Barber, "Marilyn Summit Tower with clock", 2016, stainless steel pipe and wire
Mick Glasheen, "To See a World in a Grain of Sand (by Powers of 10)", 2019, pigmented ink print and acrylic paint on canvas scroll
Tom Barber, "Fermatspace 4 Strut Table and Glass", 2003, stainless steel pipe, wire and glass
Free
Opening Event
3pm - 6pm, Saturday 6 April
Symposium2pm - 4pm, Saturday 20 April ‘Tensegrity, The Architecture of Life’ with artist Mick Glasheen and friends